I blog about my jewelry inspirations. Readers will find that various elements of nature are my inspirations. Of course, I include jewelry making tips. This blog also includes some of my favorite Etsy shops, bead shops and jewelry customers.

DIY Wedding Series-The Bridal Veil

I want to share the results of the wedding with my readers and wish
everyone a happy and healthy 2013. I created a holiday card by using
Shutterfly and a wedding photo to send to all of our friends and
relatives. As you can see, the weather co-operated and we had a
beautiful and breezy late afternoon Fall wedding on our favorite beach.

I
want to pass on another DIY tip. This tip involves the wedding veil.
The bride, my daughter, made her bridal veil. She must have inherited
some of my craftiness after all. She has never been one to make
crafts. Two weeks before the wedding she decided to make her own
cathedral length veil because she refused to pay $200 for one. I was
very nervous and skeptical about her undertaking. My greatest fear was
being sucked into this project. The project began on Friday night when
she arrived home late Friday night with the tulle and necessary items. I
supplied a 25 year old circular cutter that I had on hand from my quilt
making days.

Much to my delight and amazement the
project ended Saturday morning when I woke up to a note on the microwave
that said " the veil is done in 2 hours and 2 glasses of wine". I
slept through it all! The veil was very pretty and cost about $35 in
materials. There are lots of websites that show you how to make a bridal veil.

Organza Pouches

I have another very simple project to help
your veil lie perfectly on a windy day. All you need to do is to take a
few organza pouches that are readily available at a craft store like
Michaels and fill them with pebbles or weights of some sort. I used
some decorative pebbles that came in a floral arrangement for ours.
Fill about 3 and assign the maid of honor the duty of arranging the veil
and anchor it with the weighted organza pouches prior to taking the
wedding vows. The maid of honor will need to pick them back up prior to
the bride walking down the isle. During the rehearsal, we practiced
this. We were very glad we did this since the beach was very windy on
the day of the wedding and we had a cathedral length veil to manage.